Find the Twins contest hoax tale of Elsie Wistone
A story about Elsie Wistone entering a five pairs of twins puzzle in a magazine image to win a $2500 prize. She advances with votes bought through costly cosmetics bundles, purchases escalating to 400 000 votes, paying out $38 in merchandise, only to be duped when no prize is won.
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Elsie Jaynes Wistone
Doris
Elsie
Chen
Eisio
Jetter
Sly
Fetter
Eisle
Duris
Voting Continues for Two All Star Teams at Hope
Heavy ballots arrive as Hope High School voters select two all star teams for softball night at Fier Park. Commercial league players lead with seven votes each, while Clifford Rinsel tops City league voters with 98. Final team names to be announced next weekend after ballots submitted to Hope Star.
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Hope
Fier Park
Thursdal
Joly T
Uydur
Ath
Atu
Ceuk
Dill Samper
Aurea
Commercial League
Clifford Rinsel
Phryvers
Pat Philhitick
Jick Wai
Bircait
Thoughtful line from Rutherford hints at faith and debt
A fragment quotes Rutherford with a rhyme about comfort and ownership, suggesting spiritual or moral reflection on being a borrower and the divine as owner. The terse line presents a cryptic meditation rather than a clear event or report.
Fragmented OCR Classified Page Teases Quotes and Errors
The readable text shows garbled phrases about fall cover pages and proper words, mentions a gibbon and spies from a berry, cites Hemsy We Shaw and a quotation linked to American humorists, all on a classified page. This mix reflects OCR damage and partial names, with little coherent narrative.
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Hemsy We Shaw
Venesti
Gunius
280 Buildings to Be Erected Soon
The treasury and post offices departments plan to construct 280 public buildings across urban and rural areas, each including post offices, courthouses or annexes. Total authorized funding exceeds 190 million dollars with over 58 million appropriated. remaining funds await future congressional action and potential modifications by Postmaster General Farley and Secretary Morri Benthau.
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Treasury and
Post Offices
Inaay
Eviauy
Benton
Sand Crossett
Jails Consider Closure Amid Inmate Decline
Denver area reports show jails shrinking as inmate counts fall. Jackson and Sumanut county jails have been empty since 1935 and 1987 respectively, while Custer county lockup has housed no prisoners. In Kin ga county last year there were 18 women prisoners but none remained. Antwerp Brussels and Saxony are noted as major centers in the place making industry.
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Denver
Busin
Colorado
Jackson
Sumunt
Custer County
Kigna County
Officials Appeal for Sane Holiday in Arkansas
Little Rock police chief Pitcock and state police chief Albright urge public cooperation for a safe Fourth of July weekend. They warn fireworks bans and reckless driving risk lives and injuries. state patrols will be on duty, with officers at events to manage traffic and quiet disturbances.
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Little Rock
Pitcuck
Albright
Stnte Police Department
Hiteork
Iis
Pitcock
David Doe
Pitcack
Crime Wave Strikes Jackson’s Sportsmen Center
Jackson Hole County Attorney W. W. Nelson reports about $1,000 in merchandise stolen from parked cars and stores in recent weeks as a crime wave hits the Sportsmen’s Center, a hub for big game hunters and fishermen in Jackson. The article also mentions historical notes about the hole and dated pie references.
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Jackson
Wyo
Jackson Hole
W. W. Neilson
Hole
At Least 200000 Soldiers Dead and Wounded in China War
Willis Thornton reports a year of brutal fighting across China yields staggering losses. At least 200,000 Chinese and Japanese soldiers dead, hundreds of thousands wounded, cities such as Peiping, Tientsin, Shanghai, and Nanking heavily damaged. Millions displaced, vast farmland ruined, and Japanese expansion continues under wartime controls.
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Willis Thornton
NEA
China
Peiping
Tentsin
Shanghai
Nanking
Pones Avoliels
Jipranese Cing Janis
Eixteen
Shanghai Nanking den
Hese
Jie
Baer
Japan
Tazang
Taiyuan
Aunboat
Daparne Marely
Yellow River
Taiarhelyweans
Kaifeng
Munloow Ly Suchow
Nten
War in China Deepens as Japanese Gains Spread
The article traces China’s faltering foreign trade and Japan’s expanding control after the July border clash near Marco Polo Bridge. It notes limited Chinese resistance, shifting political outlook, and gradual generalization of hostilities as Japanese forces push west and south, with continued page-three continuation.
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China
Marco Polo Bridge
Poiping
Japan
Entre Peipmyg-Tientsin
Chin
Gladney White Ineligible Alters Hope High Schedule
Hope High School announced its 1938 football schedule totaling eleven games with seven at home. Gladney White is declared ineligible after records show three prior years at Haynesville before moving to Camden. Assistant coach Bill Brasher and his family arrive to begin duties. schedule includes games against Haynesville, Clarksville, Smackover, DeQueen, Jonesboro, Nashville, Camden, Blytheville, Prescott, Hot Springs, and Pine Bluff.
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Foy H. Hammons
Hope High
Bill Brasher
Gladney White
Camden School
White
Camden High School
Hope
Hammons
Haynesville
Camden
Brasher
Bauxite
South Elm Street
Bobcats &Tates
Clarksville
Smackover
DeQueen
Jonesboro
Nashville
Blytheville
Prescott
Iot Springs
Hot Springs
Pine Bluff
Hammong
Eason
Fulkerson
Major Simpsn
Bright
Stone
W. Parsons
Keith
Jewell
Ramsey
Reese
Astin
Masters
Wilson
M. Turner Quimby
Carson
Still
Mind Your Manners Quiz From a Vintage Travel Card
A compact etiquette drill asks five social questions for ship travel and hotel stays. It covers greeting rituals aboard, lip care on shipboard, wearing shorts in public areas, how to sign hotel registers when single, and proper ways to show appreciation to a courteous Purser with brief guidance.
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Elizabeth Brown
Body of Medill McCormick Taken From Sandia Peak
The body of 18 year old Medill McCormick, heir to a Chicago publishing fortune, was recovered from Sandia Peak near Albuquerque after an eight day search. Indians and forest rangers aided the final descent to Canyon del Agua as a funeral procession gathered in the mountains. Whitmer, a Princeton student, was found earlier on the west cliff.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Sandia Peak
Medill McCormick
Chicago
Albert Simms
Mel
Sims
Simms
Canyon del Agua
Tse
Richard Whitmer
Princeton
McCornick
Whitmer
McCormick
Whitiur
Remart
Sandia Mountains
Helen Wills Moody Defeats Miss Jacobs at Wimbledon Crown
Helen Wills Moody defeated Miss Jacobs at Wimbledon to win the singles title for the eighth time, 64 and 6 0. Jacobs appeared hampered by an ankle injury, offering little resistance in the final.
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Wimbledon
Helen Wills Moody
Helen Jacobs
Sapurdas
Miss Jacobs
Government Ends Year in Debt as Spending Rises
Treasury data show the federal government spent 37,766,374,277.27 while income reached 6,241,226.99 for the just-closed fiscal year, leaving a deficit of about 1.46 billion with a projected 3 billion shortfall next year due to new spending programs. Unemployment in the US rose in the second quarter of 1938 while France tightened its Spain stance and denied arms traffic from Indo China to China.
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Washington
Treasury
Paris
France
Spain
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Stele
Ambassdor
China
Chiank Kai-shek
Cotton Cards Are On Printing Press
Washington report on government presses producing over 2,250,000 colored marketing cards for cotton regulation. White cards reward compliant farmers with full sale rights, while red cards cap or prohibit sales for non compliant growers. Buyers face penalties for purchasing outside card holders and must log purchases. ginners must track tons per farmer. penalties apply for excess sales. County postings will list each farm's marketing quota.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
Cotton opens and closes in New Orleans market
New Orleans on Saturday saw July cotton open at 9.03 and close at 9.06 08. Spot cotton finished steady, up 10 points, middling at 9.15.
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New Orleans
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Merlin Gorgian
Philbrack
Bill Hotterville
Tule Brown
Jimmy Cook
Frank Ransey
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Pacmliy
Frank Bare
Aodaut Turner Oy
Chester Hiansey
Donald Maren
Carl Hatvhoting
Dirk Mayu I
Harner
Betes
Jounin Mt Creare Bayan
Dito Dongos
Harper
Floyel Cow
aMaty
Mote Bowie
Avaiagert
Monte Cor
Te Gupta
Eatiewniggen
Jamnarel
Koll
Hinese
Horny Hannity
Suhoeiley al Gthin Mattick
Vinson
Charles
Tratias
Vail
Rutherford
Post Office Departments
Actian
Antwerp
Brussels
And
Saxony
Ares
Nhat Gaede
Turkestan
Sinkiang
Tibet
Burma
Koon
Ana Kone
Sourx
Mosa
Philippine
Islands
Asia
Pacific
Hankow
Sian
Asli
Sportsmen's Center
England
Elizabeth
Bobcats
Sitdown Beauty
Hedi Heusser
Rollo K. Blanchard
Irvington
Miss Heusser
Blanchard
Peak
Geneva
United States
International Labor Office
AFL
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